Research Catalog

Title

Prodigal daughters : stories of South African women in exile / edited by Lauretta Ngcobo.

Publication

Scottsville, South Africa : University of Kwazulu-Natal Press, 2012.

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Details

Additional Authors

Ngcobo, Lauretta G.

Description

xi, 211 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color); 24 cm

Summary

The stories of 17 women who left South Africa during the years of apartheid.

Subject

• 1900-1999
• Women > South Africa
• Exiles > South Africa
• Women > Political activity > South Africa
• Women anti-apartheid activists > South Africa > History > 20th century
• Transnationalism
• Women
• Women
• Exiles
• Politics and government
• Women anti-apartheid activists
• Women > Political activity
• South Africa > Politics and government > 1948-1994
• South Africa

Genre/Form

History.

Contents

Lessons from exile / Brigalia Hlopbe Bam -- elephant is never burdened by its trunk / Barbara Bell -- On behalf of us all / Nomvo Booi -- On a one-way ticket / Ruth Carneson -- Looking a gift horse in the mouth / Busi Chaane -- brief reflection on exile / Carmel Chetty -- For the love of my country / Mathabo Kunene -- In for the long haul / Baleka Mbete -- My life in exile / Nomsa Judith Mkhwanazi -- prodigal daughter / Lauretta Ngcobo -- From the Cape Flats to exile and back / Gonda Perez -- Disconnected from family and home / Ellen Pheko -- Destination Azania ... / Liepollo Pheko -- My shades of light skin, `othering' and exile / Mohau Pheko -- I gave it all / Rajes Pillay -- Retelling the flight into exile / Elizabeth Trew -- My recollections of exile / AnnMarie Wolpe.

ISBN

• 9781869142346
• 1869142349

LCCN

2012406436

OCLC

• ocn793219831
• 793219831
• SCSB-1662916

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library